"No, it's nothing," Wang Muxin said, her expression flustered, obviously lying.

"Move your hand, let me see what happened to your face," Lin Hai quickly asked.

"Don't, don't look, it's nothing," Wang Muxin stammered, clutching her face even tighter, which only increased the suspicion.

"Come on, let me see."

Lin Hai walked over to Wang Muxin, stretched out his hand, and brushed aside her hand.

"How could this happen!"

"Who did this?"

Wang Muxin's delicate face now bore a blood-red palm print, utterly ruining the beauty of her pretty face, which was swollen to half its usual size, making her look pitiful.

"I, I accidentally bumped into something," Wang Muxin said hesitantly, tears streaming down her face.

"Accidentally bumped into something strong enough to leave a palm print?"

"Who exactly did it?"

Lin Hai asked with a furrowed brow.

"Lin Hai, can you please not get involved," Wang Muxin pleaded.

Lin Hai shook his head, his voice gentle: "Although you may think that we're just using each other, there's still some affection. How can I stand by when you're being bullied?"

Her heart touched by these words, Wang Muxin felt even more that she shouldn't let Lin Hai take any risks.

"Lin Hai, just let it be, please don't get involved," Wang Muxin begged again.

"That's not going to happen!" Lin Hai insisted firmly, leaving no room for debate.

Wang Muxin felt even more infatuated with Lin Hai's demeanor at that moment.

Sighing deeply, Wang Muxin felt regret in her heart that such a good man was someone she couldn't be with; they could only use each other for their needs, alas.

"Muxin, tell me, I also have a few friends in Huadu," Lin Hai asked softly.

Wang Muxin could not be stubborn against Lin Hai, sighed again, nodded, and said, "The one who hit me was Li Yuejing."

"Li Yuejing? Oh, I remember now, she's the one at the company called Li Jingjing, Bitch Li's niece, right?" Lin Hai remembered the girl; she used to be Yu Haijing's plaything and even tried to scheme against him. After Yu Haijing was crippled by him and disappeared, Li Yuejing rarely showed up at the company.

"Yes, that's her," Wang Muxin nodded.

Lin Hai lit a cigarette, squinted his eyes and exhaled clouds of smoke, speaking slowly: "So she's a sly bitch. How could you let her bully you? Even slapped you around."

Wang Muxin pursed her lips in distress and said, "Last night at the bar, I ran into her. She said I seduced the company's top executives to secure my director position and hurled many other indecent accusations. I got angry, and we started arguing."

"Then she slapped me."

Having said that, Wang Muxin became even more distressed.

"You didn't fight back?" Lin Hai asked, eyes wide.

"I wanted to fight back, but she's now with Brother Cai from Yunlong Group, along with several of his subordinates, flaunting their power because of Brother Cai."

"The mastermind behind Yunlong Group?" Lin Hai frowned.

Yunlong Group, it seemed, was also one of the twelve major underground organizations in Huadu, but their strength wasn't much to write home about, only mediocre at best.

Just when I was worried about not having the chance to make a move, both the incident with Xiao Guitu and this time with Wang Muxin getting beaten up could be connected to Yunlong Group. It's the perfect excuse to take him down.

"I won't need much time to help you take your revenge," Lin Hai said after some thought.

"Don't, please don't act on a whim. I don't want you to cause unnecessary trouble for yourself," Wang Muxin said nervously, genuinely starting to care about Lin Hai.

At the very least, in this cold and fast-paced city life, having a man who has experienced intimate contact with you care about you is indeed touching.

"Heh, are you concerned about me?" Lin Hai asked with a smile.

"I do, I just want to take care of you," Wang Muxin said shyly.

"Haha, don't worry, it won't be long before I make that Brother Cai apologize to you in person," Lin Hai said with a laugh.

"You're just bragging. Brother Cai is the boss of the YL district with hundreds of underlings, and even the cops usually don't dare to mess with him. Don't be foolish; getting slapped is a small matter. It's normal to suffer a bit in worldly society; it'll be over and done with," Wang Muxin said anxiously.

"Heh, I'm actually serious," Lin Hai said earnestly.

Wang Muxin became anxious, quickly trying to persuade him, "You absolutely mustn't act rashly. You're just an ordinary person, and even though you're now a director at Youming Ya Group, in the eyes of those worldly people, you're not worth mentioning. I don't want you to get hurt because of me."

Lin Hai just smiled, shook his head, and said, "You don't need to worry about this; I'll surprise you later."

"Lin Hai, don't try to show off in front of a woman. I'm genuinely worried about you getting hurt."

"Alright, I promise you, I'll make sure not to get myself killed, okay?" Lin Hai said with a smile and a nod.

"Hmph, that's more like it. If you get hurt, wouldn't I have to endure many lonely nights?" Wang Muxin's mood lightened considerably, and she sat in Lin Hai's arms, speaking sweetly and coquettishly.

"It's fine. Have you watched 'The Untold Stories of the Roads in the Northeast'? The guy in there couldn't even stand up after being hacked, wrapped in bandages all over, but still had the kung fu to hook up with a little nurse in the hospital for some happy times," Lin Hai chuckled.

"Hmph, your mouth is your deadliest weapon; nobody can outtalk you," Wang Muxin said.

After chatting with Wang Muxin for a short while, Lin Hai hurriedly excused himself, as continuing the conversation would surely ignite a fire in him.

Walking down the stairs, Lin Hai deliberately visited the security department.

"Oh, it's Brother Lin."

"Hello, Brother Lin."

Seeing Lin Hai, a group of brothers from the security department quickly threw away their cigarette butts and stood up, greeting him warmly, and continuously offering him cigarettes.

Lin Hai greeted the brothers with a smile and missed seeing Fan Jian there. Out of curiosity, he asked, "Where's Brother Fan?"

"Brother Fan went out on patrol."

"Oh, everyone carry on with your break, I'll go find Fan Jian to discuss something."

"Goodbye, Brother Lin."

"Take care, Brother Lin."

The brothers from the security department were very enthusiastic as they were now living a slightly more comfortable life, all thanks to what Lin Hai had fought for, and the welfare and treatment in the security department had also improved significantly.

Of course, Security Department One was managed by Wang Dajun, and from these brothers' perspectives, the conditions there were like Hell, only a fool would work and live in such an environment.

Whereas those in Security Department One, coming out under Wang Dajun's leadership, believed that the guys under Lin Hai in Department Two were nothing but good-for-nothings, and there was mutual contempt and hostility between them.

Lin Hai found Fan Jian who was actually hiding in a stairwell ***** to go upstairs; sh*t, he really was a creeper specialist.

"Brother Lin, what brings you here?"

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